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Issue: Vol. 3545 No. 1: 9 Nov. 2012
Type: Articles
Published: 2012-11-09
DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.3545.1.5
Page range: 76–82
Abstract views: 44
PDF downloaded: 1

A revision of the genus Pseudocosmetura (Orthoptera: Tettigoniidae: Meconematinae)

College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
College of Life Sciences, Hebei University, Baoding, 071002, P. R. China
Orthoptera Pseudocosmetura Meconematinae Tettigoniidae revision

Abstract

The paper deals with two new species of the genus Pseudocosmetura from China, i. e. Pseudocosmetura nanlingensis sp. nov. and Pseudocosmetura curva sp. nov. Photographs of two known species, a key to the species of the genus and a distribution map are provided.

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